Re: [PATCH] tools/usbip: fixes potential (minor) "buffer overflow" (detected on recent gcc with -Werror)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 12/05/2017 08:09 AM, julien.boibessot@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Julien BOIBESSOT <julien.boibessot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fixes following build error:
> vhci_driver.c: In function 'refresh_imported_device_list':
> vhci_driver.c:118:37: error: 'snprintf' output may be truncated before
> 	the last format character [-Werror=format-truncation=]
>     snprintf(status, sizeof(status), "status.%d", i);
>                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~
> vhci_driver.c:118:4: note: 'snprintf' output between 9 and 18 bytes into
> 	a destination of size 17
>     snprintf(status, sizeof(status), "status.%d", i);
>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien BOIBESSOT <julien.boibessot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.c b/tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.c
> index 5727dfb..a9ce431 100644
> --- a/tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.c
> +++ b/tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/vhci_driver.c
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int parse_status(const char *value)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -#define MAX_STATUS_NAME 16
> +#define MAX_STATUS_NAME 18
>  
>  static int refresh_imported_device_list(void)
>  {
> 

I have been thinking about this some and if it indeed a large
ncontrollers value that makes the buffer overflow, we might have
a bigger problem. That said, this patch looks good to fix the
warming.

Greg,

Could you please pick this patch up.

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
-- Shuah

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Media]     [Linux Input]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Old Linux USB Devel Archive]

  Powered by Linux